What's Happening Today

World Malaria Day. To celebrate this yearc��?cs World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is partnering with the RBM partnership, the African Union Commission and other partners to promote a grassroots campaign called c��?Zero malaria starts with mec⬝.

The campaign aims to keep malaria high on the political agenda, mobilize additional resources and empower communities to take ownership of malaria prevention and cure.

World Veterinary Day. This day is an opportunity to celebrate the work of veterinarians to protect our environment and the health of animals and society. This yearc��?cs World Veterinary day is being celebrated under the theme, c��?Environmental protection for improving animal and human healthc⬝

In this lockdown period, veterinarians around the country are working hard to ensure that we end up with healthy meat on our tables. So, we should take this day off to celebrate their efforts in ensuring we remain healthy.

National Telephone Day. The day is celebrated to honour the people behind the invention of the telephone, especially Alexander Graham Bell and it is aimed at creating awareness about the events and inventions that went behind in the making of the worldc��?cs first telephone.

One of the key events was the words said in the first-ever telephone call which were, c��?Mr Watson, come here; I need youc⬝, said by Graham Bell to his assistant.

What Happened Today

1. In 1962, Apollo Milton Obote assumed the post of Prime Minister of Uganda, being appointed by Sir Walter Coutts, the then Governor-General of Uganda.

He held the post for four years, before becoming President in 1966, for his first term in office, which ended when he was overthrown by Army Commander Idi Amin Dada in 1971.

2. In 1986, Mswati III was crowned King of Swaziland at the age of 18, succeeding his father Sobhuza II. Now 50, he is the last remaining absolute monarch in the world and recently renamed his country eSwatini.

3. In 1792, the guillotine, designed to chop off capital offendersc��?c heads, was used for the first time in France. It was used to execute highwayman Nicholas Pelletier, who was arrested and sentenced for robbing and killing a man on the rue Bourbon-Villeneuve in Paris.